Necktie-holder.



.Amos A. Mn'rrnnws, or Iizo'wnme GREEN, MISSOURI.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

appucaefon nea september a7, 19e?. serial m. 394,79sl 1 r au 'wi/0m a my amm.-

Bc it known that I, AMos A. MATHEws,

citizen of the United States, residing at Bowling Gwreen, in the county of Pike and easily put on and taken cfl and will retain its place under all ordinary circumstances.

With this and other objects in view my invention consists of the novel features and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described, illustra-ted in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed/out in the claims.

In describing the 'invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughoutdthe several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing ,the holder in position'with the collar partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the rear view of the holder. .'Fig. 3 is a plan view of the .rigid member as it comes from the die. Fig. 4 is a vertical cent-ral section through the holder, and the. tie, and the form around1 which the tie material is wrapped.

One embodiment of my improvement is described as follows: Reference numeral 6 denotes 'what I term a rigid member, having arms 9 and 1 0 of different lengths and at different angles in respect to the body portion of t-he rigid member. It is. provided with a lug or extension 11, apertures 12 and 13, and slits 14, and its free ends are bent to form hooks 17 fogl enga-gement with the edge of a collar. The rigid member carries a pin 8 to secure the form 19 to the holder to give contour lines to a made-up tie. `The reference character 7 denotes what I Call a resilient member having a button-loop 16 centrally thereof. The slits 14 inmember 6 admitof loops under 'which theends of State of Missouri, have invented certa-in new 2 and useful Improvements in Necktic-Holders, of which the following is a specica-tion.

My invention relates to certain new andi useful improvements in necktic holders, land has for its object, first, to provide a struci ture adapted to be used with various forms of ties, whether ready made or made up by the user; second, theYY provision of means for 4 making up four-in-liand ties that will hang straight when worn and which can be quickly changed when soiled by wear; and, third, to provide a tie hol-der which will be to prevent withdrawal of the same. Ifd'esired the ends 15 may soldered or otherwise secured to the rigid member. The apertures 13 are provided for thepurpose of dispensing with the pin'S in some forms of or the form to the rigid member. It will be apparent that the aperture 12 is for the' purthe lug to the body portion after the pin has been put in position. It will be noted in Fig. 3 that the arm or free end 9 is longer than the arm orfree end 10 of the opposite end; and iniFig. 1 that the pin 8 on the rigid member is at 'an angle with the top -of the collar. This is to insure the four-inhandtie hanging straight when made up and in position on the wea-rer;`

Referring to Fig. lthe arm `9 extends from the central body portion of the member 6 upwardly'and outwardly a' short distance and then, outwardly` and downwardly a greater distance, while the arm 10 extends from the opposite side of the central portion. of the rigid member 6 horizontally forl a considerable distance and then downwardly and slightly-outwardly for a lesser distance. This peculiar configuration is necessary so that when the tie is draped or a collar the tie will hang plumb. The arm 9 is made longer than the arm 10 so that the straight line y-y joining the free ends of the arms 9 and 10 runs at an angle to the straight line -x connecting the bends at the other ends of the arms 9 and 10. Thus when the line g/-y is in a horizontal 'fpsitiom the line --azv is tilted or inclined upwardly to an extent corresponding to the upper edge of an ordinary four-inhand tie when hanging vertically.

In operation it will readily be understood that the form 19 is secured to the pin Sand member and the resilient member and turned upon itself in the usual manner in making a four-in-hand tie. When made up the tie may be put in position by the wearer by the lower edge ofthe collar and pushing the resilient member above the collar button so as to engage the shank'of the button and then drawing down the short end 10 until the hook will pass under the lower A edge of the collar.

made up and `placed in position relative to` member 7 are ext-ended and the ends 15 bentl ties in which it is preferable to sew 'the tie pose of facilitating soldering or fastening the tie material is passed between the rigid placing the hook 17 of the long end 9 under v I. desire to call especial attention to the rigid member adapted for holding a tie plumb, a spring attached to the rigid member for pressing downwardly upon a collar button and hooks carried by the rigid member and adapted for hooking under a collar, the. tension of the spring being exerted to give iexibility to the mounting of the tie and to make the hooks fit collars of diiercnt sizes and shapes.

Variation in form, arrangement and construction above described is possible.- I desire, therefore, not to limit my invention to such description of the preferred form in which it has been embodied.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A necktie holder comprising, a rigid member having one arm extending upwardly and outwardly and then downwardly and having a second arm extending outwardly nearly horizontally and then downwardly; thebend in one of said arms being higher than the bend in the other of said arms, so that a line connecting the lower ends of said arms is at an angle relative to a line connecting said bends, so that when the first mentioned line is horizontal, the other line is inclined upwardly to an extent corresponding to the upper edge of an outwardly nearly horizontally and' then downwardly; the bend in one of said arms being higher than the bend in the other of said arms, so that a line connectingA the lower ends of said arms is at an angle relative to a line connecting said bends, so that when the first mentioned line is horizontal p the other line is inclined upwardly to an extent corresponding to the upper edge of an ordinary four-in-hand tie when han 'ng vertically; hooks extending'upwardly rom the ends of the arms; a pm carried by the rigid member; and a spring carried by the rigid member and adapted to press .downwardly upon a collar but-t0n, said hooks being adapted to press upwardly on a collar. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS A. MATHEVVS.A Witnesses:

S. ELVA` KELLOGG, FRANK F. ELSNER. 

